Steam-Next-Fest for February 2022 announced

Steam has created a way for Indie Studios with the Next-Fest, to add its games with numerous demos for an entire week in a scene. Combined with a variety of interviews and livestreams, the new concept was a complete success and also goes back to the start 2022.

• When is the next NEXT-FEST?
• Why is there the Next-Fest?

When is the next NEXT-FEST?

The Steam Next firm returns from 21. Back to February 28, 2022 . It is not yet known how many demos will be concretely available. The first Steam-Next festival in June 2021 was able to wait with Sage and write over 700 demos. Thus, there should be some reasonably interesting for every taste.

Not only fans of indie titles should look forward to the next week. Anyone who likes to deal with the development of video games or simply want to talk to the people behind pixels and polygons, should also come to his or their costs. Such a high interactivity as they are praised for the Next-Festivre would probably be unthinkable at AAA studios.

Why is there the Next-Fest?

An event like Next-Fest guarantees by no means financial success or positive feedback. But it allows concrete focus on high-quality products in a very flooded market. Especially on Steam potential pearls go in the amount of titles, whether AAA or indie, not infrequently under. Thus, it is quite lighter to sharpen the eyes and ears of the clientele with such an event.

Steam is likely to be glad to set the own independent market well in scene. A wide range in many niches can not harm competition with the Epic Store or the GamePass undoubtedly. Also new food for the Steam deck could come from one or the other indie blacksmith. How long this concept will exist in this is currently not foreseeable.

We tested one or the other indie title in recent months, for example Sable or Nobody Saves the World . However, these greatly enjoyed great attention (and financing) so most games that are likely to meet you during the Steam Next-Fest. But who knows which title can suddenly shoot in 7 days in the limelight.

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